Clay Darringer finds Katherine Turner dazed and wandering in the desert. Katherine is the sole survivor of an outlaw attack, and once the killers find out she's still alive her life won't be worth a plug-nickel. Darringer never seems able to stay out of other people's problems. By the time they reach town they have added a teenage boy to the entourage, and fought off some deadly Apache warriors. Even town isn't a safe refuge, for less than half an hour after setting foot on main street, Clay finds himself in the middle of a gunfight. His troubles are just beginning as Darringer finds himself on the trail of the Hunter....